Telegram-herald., 1887-10-09
PERSISTENT KICKERS
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Tie nasa.bers 81 tss Board ef RsVie-
ana Eea4lizat.aa think tast the C0ancll
sho.i.d Fide t1sn ~ifa l4sysr. o. soaas
maa capable u naxlag = tofciols ag9-
nenE - 80 la TIE oEtioe and snzeFtasn
s.eksrs sno thiak Tie sPecial lmpsoF Fefnent
iaxss 4Fs act i4lT.y apgoriloasc- A great
Easz PROBABLY nesfiT aat u tle Business
as1rs sf ia Boars. ass ssxsn a. ID lissea-
Ing - ins complaints 81 gart-es Nao c9n-
sils1 tAsalssiVes sssr.sys.i snl tAe aas1n oers
zfs ffa.aandy sgoalsd "a TIE streets -
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kifksEs lA1x tazs Ia ~ s1e = sssessesi
Z "a lla.s aaY otaer person 90 ta7 street,
:. fseq .snIiy happens lAat 4ilsr l4an
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vflts t1e Board tnat ais LsisaboE toNA The
stseel b not saiteisnly iExst. The neigaoor
comes ia s11 afzsDflv Insists t9al ne
Trsg zi-xsrs tax Is in4ieoircanr - n0tuing
Ike slal e should b.. and l@b0rs iong and
t.uI su1 as mouth 80 llduce tie Board
e. lake .s- doAar Z Is as tax aad pa
Il ou tas l0t 0l tls n4<1 Wno lad almost
Eonsincsd tie Board tnAI his tar szs pro-
Forflonsis!y 1izasr iAan tAal OF any otaer
L4an on fne street.
I1e srgumsnls ased By the kicksss are
ohfn a. sari sn1 amca4ng. so xno~.
sad ooe maa the other a4F. -inat me gral-
tnz 0f the street benefits nay property last
a. mach s8 if does Smith :. but smith s
better a1ls l0 pay he has only 80 call
agan sad / have loUr and II costs money
nowadays 10 support chilcren and give
them "a sdllsti0n-
-tss. my lot = tle same size. said an
Gtnsf and I N0ulcut trade aith PERKINS
~itaoul some boot moneg. oui be ASKS ssJ0
more Tor his los than / have offered 70 axe
Tor m.ne. ! ialnk he ought % pay dcllsr
or tSo more than /. bat you have assessed
AS lsl alize
4 don use tht street said another II
come d0Nn LOaa on CAerTy-st.. an think
those fellows down a. TIE other end Of the
street, who Nil use Il every day, ought TO
Fay lhs oL.k 0f tos sx pense OF the grading
kTen real estste SPECTATORS frequently
kick snd ny % make it appear that people
VITO i've On the streets improved should be
required 10 pay more Tor improvements
tlan the 0Waers Of vacant lots. They
generally urge that they bought the prop
srty merely % accommodate some lflend
who wanted 20 sell. or plated the land tor
the good OF the city. and had they imagined
that the improvement was 90 DC made 50
soon they would have never thought Of
making the Investment
A vel. known resident Of the Thiri
" ard never .aiis % object 20 being taxed
for public improvements. he never knows
when be . beaten asl viii argue for hours
q show that it Is a. outrage 10 order inl-
pf0gemcns alr tax bis unprodUctIye
property TO pay Tor then. when be has been
unable 70 dispose Of u AZ 4 fancy piice,
although it mas been ia the market for
years. He Generally goes away declaring
that hs vii never psT the taxss-the city
may take the lots. etc.,-end Immediately
raises the price Oa them from ten 70
twenty-five per cent.
II is curious fact that The kickers seldom
think os entering complaint until AFTER the
improvement IS made and the roll com-
pleted. They never think OF consulting
their aldermen abog, tho extent Of the dis
triet 70 % taxsd. II - only alter the roll
goes into the hands of the Council that they
imagine that the taxes are uneqLsily dis
triouted. and then their only remedy Is sn
appeai % he Cooncil, which Is usually
useless. unless some OF the alder
men happen - be Interested in the matter